1950 FIFA World Cup
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| 1950 FIFA World Cup - Brazil IV Campeonato Mundial de Futebol |
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| Teams | 13 (from 34 entrants) |
| Host | Brazil |
| Champions |  Uruguay (2nd title) |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 88 (average 4 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,036,000 (average 47,091 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Ademir9 goals |
The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from June 24 to July 16, was the fourth staging of the World Cup, and the first staged in 12 years due to World War II. Brazil was chosen as hosts by FIFA in July 1946. It was also the first tournament that the trophy itself would be referred to as the Jules Rimet Cup, to mark the 25th anniversary of Rimet's presidency of FIFA. It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930, clinching the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2-1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group (this was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final).
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[edit] Background
Because of World War II, the World Cup had not been staged since 1938; the planned World Cups of 1942 and 1946 were both cancelled. After the war, FIFA were keen to resurrect the competition as soon as possible, and they began making plans for a World Cup tournament to take place. In the aftermath of the war, much of Europe lay in ruins. As a result, FIFA had some difficulties finding a country interested in hosting the event, since many governments believed that the world scenario did not favour a sportive celebration, and also (more importantly) that the resources that would have to be put into organizing the World Cup could not be diverted from other more urgent fronts. For some time, the World Cup was at risk of not being held for sheer lack of interest from the international community, until Brazil presented a bid at the 1946 FIFA Congress, offering to host the event on condition that the tournament take place in 1950 (it was originally planned to take place in 1949).[1] Brazil and Germany had been the leading bidders to host the cancelled 1942 World Cup; since both the 1934 and 1938 tournaments had been held in Europe, football historians generally agree that the 1942 event would most likely have been awarded to a South American host country. Brazil's new bid was very similar to the mooted 1942 bid and was quickly accepted.
[edit] Qualification
Having secured a host nation, FIFA would still dedicate some time to persuading countries to send their national teams to compete. Italy was of particular interest: the Italians were the long-standing defending champions (winners in 1938), but the country was reconstructing from the end of World War II, and at first there was little to no interest from the country in participating. The Italians were finally persuaded to attend, although rumours have had it that FIFA had to cover all travelling expenses in order for Italy's national team to be able to come to Brazil and play. West Germany and Japan, still under occupation, were not permitted to compete.
The British nations were able to take part, having rejoined FIFA four years earlier, after 17 years of self-imposed exile. It was decided to use the 1949-1950 British Home Championship as a qualifying group, with whoever finished first and second qualifying. England finished first and Scotland second, but the Scots withdrew as they were not British Champions.
Two other teams, Turkey and India, also withdrew after qualifying, with India refusing to go because FIFA would not allow the team to play barefoot. France and Portugal were invited as replacements but declined. Initially France agreed to play but they worked out that the venues for their two group matches were over 3,000 kilometres away from each other. The French told the Brazilians that they would stay at home unless the arrangements were changed. The Brazilian Federation refused and France withdrew. Therefore, even though 16 teams were originally going to participate, after the withdrawals only 13 teams were left to take part.
[edit] Summary
Originally, the tournament format would be that the 16 teams be divided into four first round groups (or "pools" as they were then called) of four teams, with the group winners advancing to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. However, because only 13 teams competed, this left two first round groups with four teams, another with three teams, and the last group with only two teams. In fact, the entire tournament was arranged in such a way that the four first round groups had no geographical basis. Hence, several teams were obliged to cover large distances to complete their program, although Brazil was allowed to play two of its three group matches in Rio de Janeiro while its other game was in (comparatively) nearby São Paulo.
A combined Great Britain team had recently beaten the rest of Europe 6-1 in an exhibition match and England went into the competition as one of the favourites. However, it was not to be, as they went crashing out in a shocking 1-0 defeat by the United States (when the score appeared in English newspapers, many thought it was a typo) which, combined with their 1-0 defeat by Spain, led to England being eliminated.
The final group stage involved the teams who won their groups: Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and 1930 FIFA World Cup champions Uruguay, who were making their first World Cup appearance since winning the inaugural tournament. The World Cup winner would be the team that managed to finish on top of this group. The final group's six matches were shared between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Brazil played all its final group matches at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio while the games that didn't involve the host nation were played in São Paulo. Brazil won their first two matches with a 7-1 thrashing of Sweden and 6-1 rout of Spain. Before the decisive match, Brazil were sitting on top of the final group and had one game left to play Uruguay who were just behind in second and only a point behind. On July 16, before a huge home crowd of 174,000 (some estimated as 205,000) in the Estádio do Maracanã, the host nation only had to draw against Uruguay and the trophy would be theirs. After such crushing victories over Spain and Sweden, it looked certain they would take the title, especially as the home nation went ahead in the second minute of the second half, thanks to a goal from Friaça. However, Uruguay equalised and then with just over 11 minutes left to play, went ahead 2-1 when Alcides Ghiggia squeaked a goal past Moacyr Barbosa, and Uruguay were crowned World Cup winners for a second time. The stunning defeat of Brazil is referred to as the Maracanazo.
The average attendance of nearly 61,000 per game, aided greatly by eight matches (including five featuring hosts Brazil) held in the newly-built Maracanã, set a record that would not be broken until 1994. Not counting the Maracanã matches, the average attendance was a still-impressive 37,500. However, the only venues that saw crowds comparable to or greater than those in recent World Cups were the Maracanã and São Paulo. Other venues saw considerably smaller crowds.
[edit] Venues
Six cities hosted the tournament:
- Belo Horizonte, Estadio Sete de Setembro
- Curitiba, Estádio Durival de Britto
- Porto Alegre, Estádio dos Eucaliptos
- Recife, Estádio Ilha do Retiro
- Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã
- São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu
[edit] Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1950 FIFA World Cup squads.
[edit] First round
[edit] Group 1
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 Brazil |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
 Yugoslavia |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
 Switzerland |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
 Mexico |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| June 24, 1950 15:00 |
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| Brazil |
4–0 | Mexico |
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: +81000 Referee: Reader (England) |
| Ademir 30'[2], 79' Jair 65' Baltazar 71' |
(Report) |
| June 25, 1950 18:00 |
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| Yugoslavia |
3–0 | Switzerland |
Belo Horizonte, Estadio Sete de Setembro Attendance: ~8000 Referee: Galeati (Italy) |
| Tomašević 60'[3], 70' Ognjanov 75'[4] |
(Report) |
| June 28, 1950 15:00 |
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| Brazil |
2–2 | Switzerland |
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu Attendance: +42000 Referee: Azon (Spain) |
| Alfredo 3' Baltazar 32'[5] |
(Report) | Fatton 17', 88' |
| June 28, 1950 18:15 |
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| Mexico |
1–4 | Yugoslavia |
Porto Alegre, Estádio dos Eucaliptos Attendance: +11000 Referee: Leafe (England) |
| Ortíz 89' pen | (Report) | Bobek 19'[6] Željko Čajkovski 22'[7], 62'[8] Tomašević 81'[9] |
| July 1, 1950 15:00 |
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| Brazil |
2–0 | Yugoslavia |
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: +142000 Referee: Griffiths (Wales) |
| Ademir 4' Zizinho 69'[10] |
(Report) |
| July 2, 1950 15:40 |
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| Mexico |
1–2 | Switzerland |
Porto Alegre, Estádio dos Eucaliptos Attendance: +3500 Referee: Eklind (Sweden) |
| Casarín 89' | (Report) | Bader 10' Timini 37'[11] |
[edit] Group 2
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
 England |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
 Chile |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
 USA |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| June 25, 1950 15:00 |
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| England |
2–0 | Chile |
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: +30000 Referee: van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| Mortensen 27' Mannion 51' |
(Report) |
| June 25, 1950 15:00 |
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| Spain |
3–1 | USA |
Curitiba, Estádio Durival de Britto Attendance: +9000 Referee: Vianna (Brazil) |
| Basora 75'[12], 78'[13] Zarra 85'[14] |
(Report) | J. Souza 17' |
| June 29, 1950 15:00 |
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| Spain |
2–0 | Chile |
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: -20000 Referee: Malcher (Brazil) |
| Basora 17' Zarra 30' |
(Report) |
| June 29, 1950 18:00 |
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| USA |
1–0 | England |
Belo Horizonte, Estádio Independência Attendance: +10000 Referee: Datillo (Italy) |
| Gaetjens 38' | (Report) |
| July 2, 1950 15:00 |
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| Spain |
1–0 | England |
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: +74000 Referee: Galeati (Italy) |
| Zarra 48'[15] | (Report) |
| July 2, 1950 18:00 |
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| Chile |
5–2 | USA |
Recife, Estádio Ilha do Retiro Attendance: +8000 Referee: Gardelli (Brazil) |
| Robledo 16' Riera 32'[16] Cremaschi 54'[17], 82'[18] Prieto 60'[19] |
(Report) | Wallace 47'[20] J. Souza 48' pen[21] |
[edit] Group 3
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 Sweden |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
 Italy |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
 Paraguay |
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| June 25, 1950 15:00 |
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| Sweden |
3–2 | Italy |
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu Attendance: +50000 Referee: Lutz (Switzerland) |
| Jeppson 25', 68'[22] Andersson 33'[23] |
(Report) | Carapellese 7' Muccinelli 75'[24] |
| June 29, 1950 15:30 |
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| Sweden |
2–2 | Paraguay |
Curitiba, Estádio Durival de Britto Attendance: -8000 Referee: Mitchell (Scotland) |
| Sundqvist 24'[25] Palmer 26'[26] |
(Report) | A. Lopez 32'[27] C. Lopez 89'[28] |
| July 2, 1950 15:00 |
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| Italy |
2–0 | Paraguay |
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu Attendance: -26000 Referee: Ellis (England) |
| Carapellese 12'[29] Pandolfini 62'[30] |
(Report) |
India withdrew
[edit] Group 4
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Uruguay |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
 Bolivia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| July 2, 1950 18:00 |
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| Uruguay |
8–0 | Bolivia |
Belo Horizonte, Estádio Independência Attendance: +5000 Referee: Reader (England) |
| Míguez 14'[31], 45'[32], 56'[33] Vidal 18' Schiaffino 23'[34], 59'[35] Pérez 73'[36] Ghiggia 83' |
(Report) |
[edit] Final round
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Uruguay |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Brazil |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| Sweden |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Spain |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| July 9, 1950 15:00 |
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| Brazil |
7–1 | Sweden |
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: +138000 Referee: Ellis (England) |
| Ademir 17', 36'[37], 52'[38], 58'[39] Chico 39', 88'[40] Maneca 85'[41] |
(Report) | Andersson 67' pen[42] |
| July 9, 1950 15:00 |
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| Uruguay |
2–2 | Spain |
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu Attendance: +44000 Referee: Griffiths (Wales) |
| Ghiggia 29' Varela 73'[43] |
(Report) | Basora 32'[44], 39'[45] |
| July 13, 1950 15:00 |
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| Brazil |
6–1 | Spain |
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: +152000 Referee: Leafe (England) |
| Ademir 15', 57'[46] Jair 21' Chico 31'[47], 55' Zizinho 67'[48] |
(Report) | Igoa 71'[49] |
| July 13, 1950 15:00 |
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| Uruguay |
3–2 | Sweden |
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu Attendance: -8000 Referee: Galeati (Italy) |
| Ghiggia 39' Míguez 77', 85'[50] |
(Report) | Palmer 5'[51] Sundqvist 40' |
| July 16, 1950 15:00 |
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| Sweden |
3–1 | Spain |
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu Attendance: +11000 Referee: van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| Sundqvist 15'[52] Mellberg 33'[53] Palmer 80'[54] |
(Report) | Zarra 82' |
| July 16, 1950 15:00 |
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| Uruguay |
2–1 | Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã Attendance: -200000 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| Schiaffino 66'[55] Ghiggia 79'[56] |
(Report) | Friaça 47'[57] |
[edit] Awards
| 1950 World Cup Winners |
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 Uruguay Second title |
[edit] Scorers
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9 goals 5 goals 4 goals 3 goals
2 goals
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1 goal
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Planet World Cup - 1950
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 31st minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Rajko Mitić.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 76th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 43rd minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 20th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 23rd minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 51st minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 80th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 89th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Charles Antenen in the 44th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Silvestre Igoa in the 54th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 56th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 63rd minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 49th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Cremaschi in the 33rd minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Prieto.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Riera.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Cremaschi.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Gino Pariani in the 46th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 49th minute. Some sources credit the goal to Joe Maca [1].
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 69th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 34th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 78th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 17th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 25th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Cesar Lopez in the 34th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Atilio Lopez in the 74th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 13th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 63rd minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 12th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 37th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 51st minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 20th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 54th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 78th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 37th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 51st minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 59th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 87th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 65th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 57th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 72nd minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 39th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 41st minute.
- ^ There had been controversy regarding both goals scored by the Ademir in this match. The first goal had been credited to Spanish defender Parra as an own goal, and the second goal was credited to Jair. However, recently FIFA credited Ademir with both these goals.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 29th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 61st minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 70th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 84th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 4th minute.
- ^ Some sources credit this goal to Egon Jonsson
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 34th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 79th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 58th minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 61st minute.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 46th minute.
[edit] External links
- 1950 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
- Details at RSSSF; note that they often disagree with FIFA on goal scorers and times
- World Cup Stories - 1950 Brazil/Uruguay summary - The "Maracanazo" video. World Cup final, where Uruguay defeats Brazil and proclaims itself champion of the world for second time.
